Sources: Polygon, Kotaku
This week's news that EA was shutting down Mass Effect developer BioWare and canceling the next game in the series was a blow to the industry. It was made all the worse when a leaked trailer for the game, known as Mass Effect: Universe, showed exactly what we would all be…
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Shigeru Miyamoto, one of the key figures behind monumental Nintendo franchises like The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario, recently received recognition from the government of Japan typically reserved for artists, athletes, and Nobel Prize winners. The Ministry of Education,…
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Don't believe me? Do yourself a favor and watch the greatest (and scariest) episode of Adventure Time in the show's 10-year run: “Simon & Marcy.”
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A number of major websites and services went offline earlier this week thanks to a massive PHP security vulnerability. One such service was Final Fantasy 14. That posed a major problem for plants. You see, Square Enix's MMO has a number of systems on real-world timers that…
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One of the best possible recipes for comedy is to have incredibly dumb characters written by incredibly smart people. Homer Simpson, for example, has often been written by Harvard-educated writers staffed at The Simpsons. Fry on Futurama is the same kind of character, as is…
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Doctor Who has never shied away from showing the Doctor at his worst. In “A Good Man Goes to War,” Eleven (Matt Smith) realizes that his choices have made him nearly as monstrous as his enemies. In “The Waters of Mars,” Ten (David Tennant) is still reeling from the loss of his…
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When Robert Altman's M*A*S*H arrived in theaters in 1970, its irreverent approach to the Korean War was unlike anything audiences had seen before. The film followed army surgeons who used practical jokes, alcohol, and a disregard for military authority to maintain their sanity…
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In early 2006, J.J. Abrams was in the midst of a generational run. Alias was about to end, Lost had become a cultural phenomenon, and Abrams was traveling the world promoting his directorial debut with Mission: Impossible 3. Somehow, Abrams was just getting started.
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The Witcher fans have had a lot to look forward to, like a remaster of The Witcher 3, the Songs of the Past expansion, and The Witcher 4, expected sometime in 2028. Those fans probably know by now that their favorite monster-hunting games are based on an iconic book series (as…
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Disney is apparently still rummaging around in its animation vault, and this time it’s pulled out a duck who has spent the last 35 years waiting for another chance to fight a bunch of extremely ridiculous villains. Darkwing Duck is officially returning in a brand-new series for…
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Remakes, remasters, and reimaginings are all the rage right now in video games. For the last several years, studios the world over have crafted new and vastly improved versions of all-time classic games, ranging from faithful modernizations like Capcom’s Resident Evil 4remake to…
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I have spent years not being able to grieve Mass Effect, and now I finally have to
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He seems to still stand by his AI use, though
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Ultimate Frame Data was a resource for players to study SF6 chararcter hitboxes
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The iconic Mii is back, and players have beef once again
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Japanese companies have been facing a growing number of security breaches in recent weeks
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Final Fantasy Resonance's Espers give Fina an extra edge in combat, or sometimes they're just convenient decoys to bait the enemy into attacking them and not your party. However you use them, Espers are definitely worth the MP it costs to summon them. You have to put in some…
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